Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization 2538-2128 11 2 2026 06 01 Builder-Blocker general position games 465 486 14815 10.22049/cco.2024.29122.1854 EN Sandi Klavžar Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Slovenia Jing Tian School of Science, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, P.R. China Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Ljubljana, Slovenia James Tuite School of Mathematics and Statistics, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Journal Article 2023 10 31 This paper considers a game version of the general position problem in which a general position set is built through adversarial play. Two players in a graph, Builder and Blocker, take it in turns to add a vertex to a set, such that the vertices of this set are always in general position. The goal of Builder is to create a large general position set, whilst the aim of Blocker is to frustrate Builder's plans by making the set as small as possible. The game finishes when no further vertices can be added without creating three-in-a-line and the number of vertices in this set is the game general position number. We determine this number for some common graph classes and provide sharp bounds, in particular for the case of trees. We also discuss the effect of changing the order of the players. https://comb-opt.azaruniv.ac.ir/article_14815_2465105b118d6e6981f399be9124407c.pdf